TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1938-09-00

              THE SKY LinER Vol. 3, No. 1 Published by TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR, INC. September, 1938
CELEBS CHARTER TWA SKYLINER FOR
"WILL ROGERS HIGHWAY" OPENING
NATIONAL AIR TRAVEL WEEK
HONORING WILL ROGERS' MEMORY-TWA personnel on celebrity
broadcast over KGNC in Amarillo. 1. to r.-Mr. Dow (double for Will
Rogers); Amon Carter, publisher Ft. Worth Star-Telegram; TWA Capt.
LaMar Nelson; Jimmy Rogers (son of the late Will Rogers) ; Mrs. Jimmy
Rogers; Lawrence Hagy; Hostess :Peak; Frank Albertson; 1st Oficer Fred
Pastorius; Tex Ritter; Donald Novis; Miss Morris; Monte Blue; Vince
Barnett; Leo Carrillo; kneeling, Ben Turpin. Broadcast staged and directed
by TWA's good friend, Monte Rosenwald, Chief Announcer KGNC.
Amarillo, Texas, was host to and again to bid it 􀁬􆰀􀁬􆱴thanks and
the opening of 􀁬􆰀􀁬􆱔The Will Rog- come again" as it departed.
ers Memorial Highway," former- TWA was given further pub­ly
Highway 66, running from licity by the radio appearances
AIR TRAVEL INCREASES
OVER SF-JD ROUTE
Hats of to the SF-JD run and
the business it is placing on the
transcontinental route. While the
load factor on this section of our
route is subject to considerable
improvement, it is still respon­sible
for producing over $10,000
per month in long haul revenue
for our AM-2 route.
Travel via TWA to Boulder
Dam has shown approximately a
50% increase each month over
the month before, even through
the summer months.
The weather at Boulder City
is delightful from n o w o n
through the winter. The attrac­tions
such as swimming, boating
and fishing are now in full swing.
This is the time for us all to
get behind this service and fill
every ship flying to this area.
ACTIVITY COMMITTEE BUSY
WITH PI.ANS . --�-=!�-� tn "3Jlta Monica,- .Cali- of each memb􀇝􍵲r of .th.e cre-w .. Of
fornia. Months of preparation course, we didn't mind it a bit · Get ready for another event resulted in a gala three-day af- when the announcer, speakin􀇞􍸠 ·
􀁁􄄠 that will equal the Hillbilly Party fair, one of the largest celebra-over the P. A. system· before f 1 1 b or rea enjoyment. It w:i 1 e tions ever held in the Sou'thw􀇟􍽳st. some 8,000 people at 􀇠􎁨he first either a picnic or wiener roast August 15, 16 ·and· 17 were se􀇡􎄠 night's presentation of the. pag:. h h f sometime during t e mont _ o aside in commemoration of the eant; ·said', HAll those who ar- . September. Watch the bulletin late Will Rogers. The Old South-. rived, -in .Aptar􀇢􎉬llo by special boards for complete annoqnce-west
Days _Pageant held _eac􀇣􎌬, TW J\.- Airliner; 'will please gather merits. night of _the celebration was ·the.· at the·TW A ofice in the Herring
finest historical pageant .􀇤􎑶ver, Hotel for the. r􀇥􎕴turn trip by That's only the beginning of
held in the plains area. The most TWA plane- to California imme- the Activity Committee's plans
impressive scene in the entire Cliately after. this performance." for the coming fall and winter
production was that- of Donald Cowboy John Walker was a season, according to Jim Yoder,
Novis singing 􀁬􆰀􀁬􆱅Empty 􀇦􎙡addles" little disappointed that he did Chairman (Purchasing-KC).
as the· late Will Rogers' horse, · not· win the cowpony races or Solicitation of the KC per­Soapsuds,
was spotlighted with- polo game. He insisted on a fa_ st, sonnel in regard to a bowling
out a rider. spirited horse. Further details of league met with a good response.
the race he 􀁬􆰀􀁬􆱨had in the bag" It looks like we will have at least
should be secured direct from a six team league within TWA.
Mr. Walker. (Vernon Gunn.) If you haven't signed up and are
The entire city was in costume,
everyone decked out in cowboy
regalia ; those less civic-minded
were ducked in a stock dipping
tank on the main street. Each day
was featured by a mammoth
mounted parade, polo game􀂤􊐬,
cowpony races and pageantry.
John B. Walker, decked out in
ten-gallon hat, cowboy britches,
cowboy boots, bright silk rodeo
shirt and neckerchief, was one of
the horsemen in the parade. U n­derstand
that the boss of the XIT
Ranch tried to sign him up. TWA
was in the limelight for bringing
all of the celebrities in to the
afair by chartered DC-3 from
Burbank. Riding behind the crew
composed of LaMar Nelson,
Fred Pastorius and Miss Peak
were Leo Carrillo, Mr. and Mrs.
Vince Barnett, Tex Ritter, the
two sons and the daughter-in­law
of the late Will Rogers,
Monte Blue, Frank Albertson and
others from Hollywood. Ben
Turpin and the newly crowned
Miss California came in by regu­lar
TWA flights. A crowd of six
thousand waited· in the pouring
rain to greet the chartered ship
STANFO RD WANTS NEWS
OF FO R M E R STU D ENTS
TWA personnel who attended
Stanford University at Palo Alto,
California, for their education,
are requested to send pictures
and news of themselves to the
Stanford Illustrated Review, care
of Stanford University, Palo
Alto, California.
A short history of activities
since school days should be in­cluded
with 'the photographs.
The Review, which has wide na­tional
circulation among former
Stanford students, specializes in
pictures, however.
If personnel prefer, they can
forward material to TWA News
Bureau at San Francisco, where
it will be picked up by Norris
James of the Review. This is a
good chance to get TWA mate­rial
into this publication, and if
any Stanford students in our
personnel will cooperate, it will
be appreciated.
interested, see Jim Yoder or Bill
Pearce (Personnel-KC).
Negotiations, also, have been
started with the American Rifle
Association in regard to the de­velopment
of a TWA Rifle and
Pistol Club. There is a great deal
of interest in this and indications
are that 75 or· 100 will want to
participate.
The possible actlvtttes that
could be enjoyed by the entire
personnel are unlimited. The
committee has plans for making
more of these activities available.
The management and department
heads are willing to give every
cooperation and the committee is
soliciting the cooperation o f
everyone in carrying out an ac­tivities
program that will be
talked of throughout all Kansas
City.
Many a man fails to become a
thinker for the sole reason that
his memory is too good.
· -Nietzsche.
First 10 Years of Passenger Transportation
by Air to Be Commemorated October 1 to 9
National Air Travel Week will he observed by the aviation
industry throughout the country the week of October 1 to 9,
commemorating the successful completion of the first ten
years of passenger transportation by air.
D u r i n g this 􀁬􆰀􀁬􆱔Tenth Year
Jubilee," exhibits and demonstra­tions
will be held throughout the
country to focus attention of the
American public on the service
which the air transport industry
has rendered in accelerating busi­ness
and pleasure travel through­out
the United States and to
foreign countries.
The headquarters for National
Air Travel Week has been estab­lished
at 444 Madison Avenue,
New Y'ork. T. Park Hay, pub­licist
and advertising executive,
has been appointed managing di­rector
of the campaign. Harold
Crary, Vice-President of United
Air Lines, is chairman of the
special committee of the Air
Transport Association, and other
members of the cnmrnittee are:
J . . B .. Walker,. Vice-President
Transcontinental & Western Air,
Inc. ; Paul H. Brattain, Vice­President
Eastern Air Lines ;
Charles H. Rheinstrom, Vice­President
American Airlines; D.
D. Walker, General Trafic Man­ager
Chicago & Southern Air­lines
; Charles E. Beard, Vice-
President Branif Airways ; and
Victor Chenea, General Trafic
Manager Pan American Airways.
In addition, the Aeronautical
Chamber of Com:merce, National
Aeronautics Association and all
associations interested in the de­velopment
of aviation are ex­pected
to take part in this move­ment
to make the public con­scious
of the tremendous strides
which have been made in the
speed, economy, comfort, con­venience,
safety and reliability of
air travel during the past decade.
At all airports where TWA op­erates,
various personnel will
probably be asked to cooperate
in planning, arranging and han­dling
exhibits for this t􀁬􆱔T enth
Year Jubilee" - celebration. N a­tional
and local publicity should
result in greatly increased crowds
of visitors at all TWA airports
with a correspondingly increased
opportunity to sell the public on
the value and use of air travel.
Because of the important part
of TWA and its early predeces­sor
companies in the develop­ment
of transcontinental air
transportation, it is only natural
to expect great benefit for TWA
from this special celebration
week.
The greatest thing in the world
of business is character. It is a
possession beyond price. It can­not
be purchased. It must grow
gradually from one's actions.
OFFICIAL CAMPAI1GN POSTER
exhibited for first time by- T. Park
Hay, managing director of the Na­tional
Air Travel Week Campaign.
REACTION OF PASSENGERS
How do TWA passengers react
to the fast, clean travel provided
by TWA Skyliners-what do
they think abo􀇧􎝴t TWA service?
An elderly lady has expressed
her enthusiasm for flying by
TWA in poetry, and many pas­sengers
express their reaction in
this way. A business man, flying
with his infant daughter, for­warded
an enlarged photograph
of his daughter taken inside the
plane-and nearly every mail
brings snapshots taken by passen­gers
of personnel, equipment or
scenery along the line. Letters are
the most frequent means of ex­pression.
(See Brickbats and
Bouquets, page 7.) More than
one air traveler, however, has
used m.ore permanent means to
record his impressions of an air
trip by TWA.
One business man and his wife􀇨􎠠
after their first air journey, wrote
and published the story of the
trip in booklet form, in order to­
share the joys of the trip more
fully with friends. In several in­stances,
TWA travelers have
been so thrilled by trips that
they have written their reactions
for publication in magazines and
newspaper􀂤􊐮.,,
Yes, people' really thrill to air
travel over the scenic · route of
The Lindbergh Line.-·.
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THE SKYLINER
PUBLISHED MONTffl., Y IN KANSAS CITY
Editor •••••••••••••••••••••••• •• • • J. C. Roberts News Editor, N. Y •••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • . Jack Law
Associate Editor ••••••• •• • . • • • • Harvey Pearman News Editor, Chicago • • . . • • • • • William Westlake
News Bureau Editor, N. Y• ••• . •C . w. Dayhoff News Editv, Los Angeles •• • • ••• • . •• Don Black
News Editor, San Francisco ...... Ruth McQueen
Issued between 1st and lOth of each month. Contributions should be in the hands of the editor not
later than the 25th of the month preceding publication. Address all contributians to the Skyliner.
Kansas City, Missouri.
Oficers and Directors of Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.
Jack Frye . . , • . . • . . . • . . • . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • • . . • . . • . . . . . .P resident and Director
F. G. Wilson . . . . • . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . .V ice-Pres., Secretary, Treasurer and Director
P. E. Richter • • . . . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . .V ice-Pres. in Charge of Operations and Director
J. B. Walker . . . • . . • . . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . • . Vice-Pres. in Charge of Traffic
Directors
LaMotte T. Cohu . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cohu Brothers, New York City
J. L. Eysmans . . . . • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P ennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa.
Marco Hellman . . . . • . . . • . . . • .. . . . . . . . • . • . . • • . . Lehman Brothers, New York City
John D. Hertz, Jr• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B uchanan & Co., New York City
Roland Palmedo .............................. Lehman Brothers, New York City
Harold E. Talbott . • • . • . . . . • . . . . . . . • • . . . .H arold E. Talbott Co., New York City
Nelson S. Talbott . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • .T albott Estate, Dayton, Ohio
Francis McTiernan ..........'C hadbounre, Wallace, Parke & Whiteside, New York
George A. Spater ...........C hadbourne, Wallace, Parke & Whiteside, New York
BETWEEN
By JACK. FRYE
President Jack Frye
If I can rely upon my own re­actions
from flying over various
airlines, and if the hundreds of
comments I receive from pas­sengers
can be relied upon-IN
SERVICE TO PASSENGERS,
TWA has recovered its position
of Number One airline.
Unquestionably, TWA has the
best sleeper service available. Our
service excels particularly in the
following respects:
1. Piloting : The greatest com­pliment.
I can pay TWA pilots
from the passenger service stand­point
is to say that passengers
are not conscious of movement in
our planes.
transferred from this ship to
another and at about 6:00 AM
the passengers were transferred.
This entire operation was so
quietly and eficiently handled
and the temperature and ventila­tion
of the plane properly main­tained
that the passengers were
able to get a full night of unin­terrupted
and comfortable sleep.
This is very important if we
are to continue to build up busi­ness
on our sleeper flights. Our
trips are so short, in hours, com­pared
with ground transporta­tion,
that we must make it possi­ble
for passengers to sleep
t h to u g h the
In my own ex­p
e r i e n c e o v e r
the past several
months on our
own line, pilot­ing
has b e e n
perfect on every
flight from the
time we pulled
away from the
blocks until the
engines were cut
at the ·end of
the trip.
SEND ME YOUR
SUGGESTIONS
night without, in­t
e r r u p t i o n i f
they are t o ar­rive
at t h e i r
destinations in a
frame of mind
which will cause
them to continue
using our serv­ice.
This is es­pecially
t.rue be­tween
C h i c a g o
and New York
where our flight
is s h o r t and
over-night train
service is avail­able.
Our ships are
c a r e f u l l y . and
smoothly taxied,
the engines are
synchronized al­most
from the
be g i n n􀂨􊡮ng o f
take o If,· and all
c h a n g e s o f
course . are . ac-complished
s o
co n s e r v a t i vely
I'm making my ofice a
clearing house for your
ideas, suggestions and criti­cisms.
A letter from any em­ployee
addressed to me will
be given prompt attention.
I consider it a favor any
time an employee ofers his
assistance by writing me a
note, expressing his thoughts
for the betterment of TWA
service or suggesting econo­mies.
One such suggestion
made recently by an em­ployee
of the Accounting
Department will save us over
$500 a year on shipments.
Employees of any depart­ment
are invited to address
me at any time. Personal
acknowledgment w i 11 be
made promptly and I hope
soon to be able to give credit
publicly to any especially
worthy suggestions.
Jack Frye.
3. H o s t e s s
S e r v i c e: No
hostess could be
more gracious or
thoughtful than
the TWA hostess
in attending to
that the passenger feels perfectly
comfortable and secure.
the comfort and
pleasure of her guests. While we
still receive some complaint.s in
connection with service aloft, I
am glad to see that commenda­tions
are becoming more fre­quent
and from my own observa­tions
and letters received I feel
that our host.esses are earnestly
making every efort to provide
outstanding service.
2. Ground Operation at Sta­tions:
A recent experience on
flight 12 Chicago to New York
I believe best typifies TWA serv­ice
in this respect. At Chicago
the plane was boarded at 10:00
PM where the plane was comfort­ably
cooled and passengers went
to bed. Between 10:00 PM and
midnight, when the plane de­parted,
cargo and additional pas­sengers
were loaded, pilots and
other personnel made t r i p s
through the cabin, and the ship
was fueled. All of this operation
was so quietly and carefully
handled that passengers were ac­tually
able to sleep through the
entire proceeding. On arrival at,
Indianapolis the ship was ground­ed
for about four hours on ac­count
of weather. Cargo was
I appreciate the eforts of our
ground crews, hostesses and pi­lots,
and supervisory personnel
which have brought our service
to this high degree of perfection.
The character of our service is
an inspiration to me and I hope
that every person in TWA will
realize that we have an outstand­ing
service to sell.
There are many air travelers
who have never flown on TWA.
Others have had unsatisfactory
experiences with our seM'ice in
THE SKYLINER
Inscribed in the TWA Hall
of Fame each month are the
of those members of the
family who have ren-
GOLD CUP TO TOMLINSON-F. E. Richter, Vice-President in Charge
of Operations, presents Paramount Gold Cup to Captain D. W. (Tommy)
Tomlinson. The cup was presented over the air, then brought to Kansas City
via TWA by Mr. Richter for the presentatipn. (TWA photo.)
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in service which v
TWA fries to give. J
Named to this month's Hall
of Fame: .
FRED BETTS, TWA Purchas­ing
Agent (KC), for fine cooper­ation
wi􀂪􊩨h the trafic department
in selling tickets and air travel
accounts among his many ac­quaintances
- recently securing
seven air travel plans in one
week. We asked him how he does
it, but he just says he tells them
what a fine place the Grand
Canyon is to discard their used
razor blades and they buy.
CAPTAIN D. W. (Tommy)
TOMLINSON, in charge of
overweather experimental flying
for TWA, awarded the Para­mount
Gold Cup by Paramount
Pictures, Inc., on their Sunday
evening radio program, August
28. Only 13 of these cups are
being awarded by Paramount for
outstanding achievement in avia­tion.
The one presented to Cap­tain
Tomlinson was the fourth to
be awarded.
GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Match Play Golf T ourna­ment
drew a total of 37 entries.
Play has been rapid. One of the
2nd flight finalists is C. V. Ab­bott,
Flight Dispatcher, and he
will be matched either against L.
M. Reed or Ralph Oursler. Evi­dently
there was no response to
the notice on the bulletin board
August 17 : 􀁴􇐀􀁴􇑷wANTED : Three
volunteers to count Abbott's
strokes when I play him Satur­day-
Bob Whitmer." In the 1st
flight, H. B. Allen, Crew Chief,
is one of the finalists, to be
matched against an as yet un­determined
opponent. Roy Speng­ler,
Crew Chief, defeated Bill
Pearce (personnel) to reach the
semi-finals in the Championship
Flight. It is understood that Jim
Yoder is the only one holding
up play, due we understand to
dificulty in getting the 􀁴􇐀􀁴􇑭mittens"
of his clubs.
the past and have discontinued
using our line.
Let's all of us work to get these
people to try our service now. I
am confident that one trip is all
that will be necessary for their
conversion to regular TWA cus­tomers
and boosters.
A HORSE FOR A
HOBBY
By HELEN McCALL
Accounts Payable (KC)
Hobby? Sure, I have a hobby,
two or three, in fact, but just one
that I really work at, and that
is 􀁴􇐀􀁴􇑈Horses, Horses, Horses and
more Horses."
Just when this peculiar attrac­tion
a horse holds for me took a
firm grip is impossible to state,
for it was so far back I can't re­member
the beginning. Don't
even know what, where or when
I first found myself on the back
of a horse.
It all started, of course, with a
pony, and what a life that pony
led ! He had to learn all the
tricks it was possible for a
youngster to teach him; had to
withstand all the mistakes· and
never-ending eforts of having a
rider learn to go standing up,
hanging sideways from the sad­dle,
or most any position it was
possible to take, stay with the
pony and keep it going in a
canter.
From ponies it developed into
real saddle horses and more for­mal
riding. As time went on the
desire to ride and handle horses,
show or otherwise, grew, even
greater, so today finds me giving
all my spare time to riding for
pleasure; working them out in
preparation for showing in one
class or another in some of the
horse shows and doing most any­thing
just to be around horses.
Lately I have had the good
fortune to work with a trainer
who has spent the greater portion
of his life training horses and
animals for the circus. The re­sults?
Let the pictures tell the
story.
So, for real pleasure, good
health (for if you are a real ad­dict,
wind, rain nor snow will
keep you from taking the usual
ride) and a robust appetite (I
might add, a slender 􀁴􇐀􀁴􇑦figger," for
it does wonders towards keeping
the curves down to what they
should be) , I say take up riding
and before long you won't be
missing a horse show nor a
chance to put a horse through
his paces.
APT PUPIL AND INTERESTED
TRAINER-The author puts Monon,
3-year-old white stallion, through his
paces, in preparing him for a future
as a circus horse. (Ask her to show
you others of the many pictures she
has.-Ed.)
FIRST HOSTESS
APPLICANT STILL
WANTS WORK
What is believed to be
the first application for a
hostess position was uncov­ered
the other day by C. E.
McCollum. March 3, 1930,
Miss Louise A. Patterson,
Kirkwo od, Pennsylvania,
applied for a position as
hostess-five years before
TWA inaugurated hostess
service. In July of 1938 she
checked on her application,
wanting to know if it was
still on tile. This sets a
world's record of some
kind. Robert Ripley, please
note.
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PLEASE DOUBLE-SPACE YOUR COPY-SIGN YOUR NAME TO CONTRIBUTIONS-DEADLINE DAY IS THE 25TH OF EVERY MONTH
NEW MEXICO BEAUTIES, caught
by Captain Jack Wade. Look at that
big one! (Photo by J. M. Dickens
AB.)
Greeting you again from The Sun­shine
State (without fog and un­usual
weather), the land of enchant­ment,
trout streams and game trails.
In, case you doubt some of these
statements, I will furnish more in­formation:
Jack Wade (Captain) arrived Al­buquerque
Flight No. 3 July 22nd
with his fishing equipment, went to
town, picked up J. H. VanTreel,
FBI Narcotics Agent, and headed for
El V ado. Arrived El V ado after about
a 5-hour drive, rented a cabin and
turned in for the night. Amidst
grunts and groans, the blankets were
kicked of about 4:15 a. m. and they
crawled out to begin the day. (Yes,
even in July you need blankets.) At
5:30 a􀉘􅠠 m. the fishing started. V;tn·
Treel, not having boots, tried his luck
from the bank; not being able to get
distance with his casts, his luck was
not so good but Jack, going into
middle of river, began bringing them
in. At the end of 2 hours the fish
decided they had tried hard enough
to take the bait and stopped about as
suddenly as they started, but not be­fore
14 trout had been taken.
After a good rest and lunch was
over Jack again went into the river.
He took two good sized trout, then
made a cast into another pool and he
thought he had snagged a boulder,
but since his reel kept spinning out
line he decided he had something on
his line. After a good stif fight, one
that Jack is still talking about, he
finally landed his fish, a 4'/4-lb. Rain­bow,
about 27 inches long. After
landing this one he took one other
trout, broke camp and started back
for Albuquerque. Arriving here in
early evening with 18 trout, all taken
on Old Missouri wooly worm tied by
Jack, all weighing from 11/4 lbs. to
4 '14 lbs. Now if that is not enough
proof of our trout streams, accom­panied
by snapshots furnished to Edi­tor,
come out and see for yourself.
Hal Barnes, City Trafic Oerk, has
resigned from the Co. and in his
place for vacation relief we have
Jack· Napper. To give you a little
better introduction, Jack graduated
from Ottawa University 1934, played
2 years professional football with
Phila. Eagles, 1934 and 1935, also
professional basketball with Phila.
during same years. Received honorable
mention for AU-American quarter­back
1934. Good going, Jack, and if
you sell air tickets like you throw that
pigskin around I believe you have
something there. Note, Vern Gunn
please pay attention (1 think you
have something there).
Erie Hardy, oficial in charge local
Weather Bureau, is having brain
storms trying to get some information
on just what kind of surgical opera­tion
will have to be performed on all
weather bureau employees on moving
to the new airport to do away with
their gizzards, as he states they have
eaten so much sand since moving to
this field they have all developed
gizzards.
M. L. BOSS AND MAJ. A. D.
SMITH HAVE BEEN QUITE
BUSY LATELY MAKING AR­RANGEMENTS
FOR TWA'S SEC­OND
ANNUAL PARTY, THIS
TIME NAMED (LOS CONQUIS­TADORES
DEL CIELO) AND BE­ING
STAGED AT THE BRUSH,
FORKED LIGHTNING AND VAL­LEY
RANCHES. WE WILL TRY
AND HAVE SOME INFORMA­TION
FOR YOU IN OUR NEXT
ISSUE OF SKYLINER IN RE­GARD
TO OUTCOME OF PARTY,
WHICH WE KNOW WILL BE A
HUGE SUCCESS.
With Continental Airlines we have
Don Davis from El Paso relieving
McKelvey for vacation. We under­stand
Mac has gone to the mountains
to get away from it all for his two
weeks of. The Continental boys ad­mit
they will lose some of their pres­tige
leaving their penthouse on mov­ing
to the new airport but at that
they seem to be anxious to know just
when we will move. According to M.
Tucker everything is progressing very
nicely and if everything continues
we should get moved some time in
October. Then we will have something
to write about.
J. M. Dickens.
Our dark southern gentleman
(Memphis Cole to you guys) arrived
safely, but not soundly. His mind is
always on a certain young lady in
KC. We kinda miss that old smile of
his since he met up with this gal. We
are all hoping that she will marry
the guy so we can once again see the
smile on his handsome mug.
Dusty Rhoades is now vacationing
in sunny (?) California. We sure hope
he is having a swell time. John J.
Fox is relieving him while he is gone.
Our gallant hangar foreman has
just purchased himself a new house
(Ralph Hughes) and is busy building
a fence around the house for his pup.
How about a house warming, Ralph?
Johnny Powk, mechanic and our
night porter Phillips, both went down
to a used car lot and purchased them­selves
a 1937 Plymouth coupe, same
color, one each. How do they do it?
Passenger agent Buddy Knudson is
also on his vacation (THE BIG
SWEDE ). Art, the radioman, is still
as funny as ever. I would like to call
him sunshine; any objections, Art?
Bud James is now back to his duties
after his enjoyable two weeks' vaca­tion.
Regards to all the other stations
along the line from Albuquerque.
]. J. Fox.
AMARILLO
In spite of all the festivities and a
record-breaking August business, we've
remained cool, calm and collected in
Amarillo. Old Mother Nature granted
us the first, we've acquired the second
by a gradually mounting month to
month habit and nothing befuddles
us much.
John Redmond of the U.S.S. Hous­ton
and foreign ports took over the
daylight shift vacated by Bill Odom.
We've installed a salt-water spray for
him and his sea legs stand him in
good stead when the winds do blow.
We hope he's anchored.
Dave Bletner, personable first-class
radioman, mechanic, passenger agent,
relief man, porter, painter-upper, etc.,
now turns furniture mover. He re­turned
via truck bearing furniture
from Indianapolis today.
Herb Steidel and wife enjoyed a
visit from Mrs. Steidel's mother from
Kansas City. Herb has been worrying
a bit about his new assignment of
daily cash reports but he's coming
along fine now since he's showing
some nice totals in the recap.
Navy Liebernacht and Glenn Hall
dated themselves once and for all
when they spent long hours looking
for the generator control box on a
Ford plane.
Whipps has ceased to plan for that
belated vacation. He really needs one.
He's missed the point of Harry
Campbell's last three stories.
Sally Hanson did a Corrigan-flew
over to Albuquerque to get to New
York and thence to Vermont on her
vacation. That's the real McCoy in
maple syrup she's passing out. Jack
Knapper took over relief work in the
Trafic Ofice. ,
We understand that Newby is the
deadheads' favorite and that the new
C. A. A. pass regulations have caused
his fan mail to drop of considerably,
especially the perfumed variety.
Curtis Twing, our new Porter and
man-of-ail-work, is starting at the bot­tom
of the rung, but his natural en­thusiasm
for aviation should bring
him up fast.
Vernon Gunn is shopping for some
cowboy boots-he wore out two pairs
􀉙􅥦f Walkovers and one horse during
our Old Southwest Days' Celebration.
We've enjoyed visits from J. B.
Walker, Mrs. Walker and Doreen
Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett, Bob
Whitmer, A. D. Smith, Ray Bartholo­mew,
and Jack Frye briefly.
AQ Operations and Trafic plus
families are having a Dutch Lunch
get-together and theatre party Friday
night. The theatre party is through
courtesy of Charlie Meeker, genial
manager of the State Theatre.
For last minute high speed and
eficiency awards, we'd not hesitate to
recommend Branif's Frank Austin IF
he could spell. This ofice can't under­stand
why our station manager, Fred
McLeod, makes those weekly Satur­day
morning visits to the Herring
Barber Shop when he's got so little to
cut up there. McLeod had a super
Coca-Cola machine in the waiting
room at our airport station, but he's
now installed a super-super machine
of very streamlined design to better
match the increased eficiency of the
entire operations at the Amarillo field.
Our hats are of to McLeod and his
personnel for the splendid way in
which they handled the arrival and
departure of the chartered DC-3,
especially working under the handi­cap
of some 6,000 spectators.
Vernon Gunn.
AL.L rDECKED
OUT IN COW­BOY
REGALIA
-DTA, Vernon
G u n n, during
uold Southwest
D a y s" celebra­tion.
It was wear
this regalia or be
dunked in the
st ock dipping
tank by the
Cham he r of
􀁍􄴠 Commerce dip­..
􀁀􄀠 ping crew.
BOULDER DAM
New as this station is we are already
having personnel changes. Our Sta­tion
Manager Ed. Campbell left us
for his first love, flying, but still
comes in to see us as he is on the San
Francisco run. In his place we wel­come
W. E. Baker, who took the short
jump from Las Vegas and we are
very happy to have him as our new
boss.
Radioman Bill Farmer, who trans- BROTHER (left) - John Pluchel,
ferred to Dayton, spent the last twol brother of t(Wee Willie" Pluchel,
weeks of his stay here biting his finger- trafic CG, boards a TWA Skyclub
nails and asking if his replacement for his first air trip while visiting his
was on the way. If anyone wants to brother in Chicago.
know what Boulder City is like, don't
ask Bill as he is apt to be a little dis­couraging.
George Osborn, from
􀉚􅩩ittsburgh, is the new radioman and
likes it so well here he is asking for
bids on a new house.
Others here are Ed. Hilty and John
Munds, Radiomen, Eddie Carneal,
Mechanic, Mel Ott, Relief, and Gene
Dufy, Passenger Agent (Major
Barnes, please note).
George Englehart, Western Region
Relief Station Manager, is doing his
stint here and has been initiated into
the mysteries of installing a desert
cooler.
We have joined forces with the
.'Post Ofice boys and started a softball
team to compete in a league here.
After our first practice game one of
􀉛􅭨he girl teams here challenged us to a
game. Can it be that they didn't think
we are so good? In case there is any
doubt in your mind, we beat them.
I think I will go out and buy my­self
a little yellow basket.
Gene Dufy.
.P. S. On August 21st we are fur­:
nishing parachutes to all TPO's and
TPS's.
CHICAGO
Trafic
Lee Day, W. L. Armstrong, and
J. W. Bailey have taken to playing at
golf on Saturday afternoons. During
the week, a great deal of popping of
emanates from the latter two, most of
it having to do with what a fierce
beating the other will absorb in the
coming Saturday's match. Last week,
the eighteen hole contest ended in a
tie, which served to bring up a num­ber
of t(ifs" from both sides. Lee Day
says nothing and generally beats both
.'of them.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pluchel are in
the process of moving, and after the
first of September their address will
,be 5006 N. Hermitage. The great
majority of our trafic personnel live
on the north side.
We are all mighty sorry to hear
that Ed. Rankin will soon be trans­;
ferred to Kansas City. We know that
,Ed. will be able to handle his work at
Kansas City reservations in an eficient
and capable manner.
Congratulations and all best wishes
•to Lou Marechal, whose wedding will
\take place early in September. Lou
!started with TWA in Chicago but
went back to dear old diplomatic
Philadelphia after learning for a time
under the critical gaze of M. D. War­shaw.
Now that the vacation season is in
full swing, and now that employees
FA.THER AND SON (right)-}. C.
Graves, popular DT A, CG, and his
son, George A., recently commissioned
as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine
Gorps. George majored in aeronauti­cal
engineering at the University of
Michigan and was appointed a naval
aviator July 11.
may venture forth on the line with
some hope of completing their selected
itinerary before their precious two
weeks are gone-we want to extend a
cordial invitation to all to pay us a
visit here at Chicago. We will be glad
, to see you-and we wil do our level
best to keep you in town indefinitely.
We welcome to Chicago a friend of
long standing, Mr. Frank Macklin,
now with Eastern Air Lines.
It has been pointed out that we
have neglected the women folks in
this column. We hasten to make
amends . . . so • • • it is our privilege
at this time to introduce Miss Eunice
Morrill, Mr. Graves' ever-accommo­dating
and hard-working secretary,
and Miss Barbara Buell, only women's
representative in our reservations de­partment.
Being the first of her sex to
invade our ticket ofice, Miss Buell
;was forced to undergo a great deal of
',good-natured heckling at the start,
'but she stood her ground and soon
\Won acceptance. Eunice and Barbara
are small town girls, natives of Aurora􀉜􅰠
Ill. We understand that when they
first came to Chicago they experienced
a bit of dificulty with the trafic sig­nals
on Michigan Ave. When the
green ((walk" signal flashed on, it was
their wont to set out for the opposite
curb at the leisurely pace to which
they had become accustomed through
their early environment. They did not
know that it was necessary to run like
everything to reach safety before the
stampede, stilled but momentarily,
would descend menacingly upon them.
C. W. Ne􀂛􉭬l, formerly passenger
agent at Columbus, has reported for
duty in our trafic department, and
Richard D. Jones, who has been pas­senger
agent at Dayton, will soon be
here also. W. L. Armstrong has been
appointed chief ticket agent and res­ervation
clerk, and Lee A. Day will
now join the street force. Also, G. A.
Wise, now passenger agent at Colum­bus,
has been instructed to report to
Chicago for duty as trafic representa­tive.
]. W. BAILEY.
Maintenance
The Chicago Maintenance contri­bution
to the Skyliner was again con­spicuous
by its absenc.e last month,
'but we'll sharpen the point on our
typewriter and try to make amends.
The Chicago field is improving in
looks steadily what with the construc­tion
of the new runways on the other
side of the much publicised railroad
tracks, the addition to the Air Corps
Reserve hangar and the new United
office building. The additional run­ways
will double the size of the :field
and they have progressed to the point
where pilots have been warned against
mistaking them for the regular air­port.
The streamlined United Build­.
i.ng has, so we have been advised,
:everything from air conditioned door­knobs
to retracting flagpoles. To get
back to the hangar of TWA we :final­ly
discovered why Ed Marshall has
been wearing a necktie lately and
her initials are L. Doody. Our erst­while
colleague Walt Schanke was seen
for a short while after his return
from relief radio operator duty but
he is again gone, this time on his
vacation, for parts unknown, in the
'3 1 Ford we presume. Gafer Joe
Seliger has returned from his vaca­tion
with a coat of tan and stories of
many big ones that got away (fis h).
Anne Ganzer has returned from her
vacation in the East with the conten­tion
that she no longer cares for guys
what wear their trousers pressed in­side-
out. She sure did write a lot of
post cards for having the exciting
time that is claimed. We'll close by
congratulating Bob Cain on his pur­chase
of a new hat although we un­derstand
somebody else is wearing it .
Ed Bonham.
FIR.E DRILL CG-Top, Crew No.
1 hot-footing it to a fire drill. Below,
the return. (Photos by Harry Kampe. )
Operations
No news at Chicago. Just a few
new romances, a few new flights, a
new name or two . But no real news.
Things just go along here day in and
day out with nothing ever happening.
Of course Corrigan was here, and
there were five hundred cops, the
papers said, to control the mobs.
There were cars parked for miles up
and down all the surrounding streets,
and the crowd was stifling. But
nothing exciting really happened ex­cept
Ma Stuecken telling dispatcher
George Houle that she didn't want
to ride in the parade.
And then, Kelsey is buying a house.
It is a house close to the airport,
where he can hear the airplanes pass
overhead. Kelsey wanting to be near
the airplanes is like Lillian Doody on
her last day of. She got up early in
the morning so she'd be sure to get
here in time to see Corrigan. ttThey
trampled all over my feet," she said,
ttbut it was worth it to see a flyer like
him." And she works in the dispatch
ofice!
As for the romances, well, we can't
pin anything definitely on Jim. Wil­son.
He isn't naming any dates and
he hasn't come right out and said
<ti'm getting married," .. . but there's
something in the air . Dick Crane is
the cause of some heavy eyebrow lift­ing,
too. He scoots down to ID on
Eastern Airlines every couple of
weeks, and it's a cinch he doesn't
go for the ride.
Everybody's been taking furtive
glances at newly-married Ray Lund
and Harold Shipman to see if the
self-satisfied air is wearing of yet. No
go. They still like it.
Between pipes, Larry Geschwind
will pause long enough to tell his
story about the man who wanted a
lower . It seems the passenger, as pas­sengers
will, thought he had a lower
berth, but actually held an upper. He
ragged Larry for fair, until the p . a.
got somebody else to trade. After the
tirade was over, another passenge-r
approached Larry and summed up
everything . ttWhat a way to live!"
ttN ow there," says Geschwind, ttwas a
gentleman and a philosopher. "
Waft Schanke, Chicago's general
utility man, is home from DA, after
having served a stif term as radio­operator.
He's now up in Edna
Ferber's Come and Get It country,
around Neenah, Wisconsin.
Bill Larner, who used to be the
station manager here, is now a jack
of all trades. He station manages,
dispatches and does a good bit of
passenger agenting. If he had to
change uniforms for each duty, we
could charge visitors for admission
to the quick change act.
There are a few other things of
interest ••• J. A. Collings did an
aviation column one Sunday in the
Times during editor Maurice Rod"
dy's absence . • • Ed Marshall of
maintenance, who used to be an ex­pert
glider pilot, is now taking up
power flying ••• Bobcat Cain says
Chicago has two seasons • • • winter
and the Fourth of July . . • Joe
Speck is drumming up interest in a
TWA dinner in CG for employees
and their mudhens . . . if it ma­terializes
all solvent TWA-ites are in­vited
but they must bring their tur­keys
• • • Kelsey's going to have a
hot house warming . . . no minors
allowed • • • Les S au eke is letting the
hair grow under his nose • • . we
wouldn't exactly call it a moustache
Millie Anderson doesn't come
out to the airport as much as she
used to • • • and we miss her • • .
Radioman Schuler is on a sixty-day
furlough for his health ••• Johnnie
Graves has lost three inches or so of
waistline • • • which proves that a
few passengers can do a lot of good.
So you see, there's really nothing
new at Chicago. Things just go along
quietly and smoothly.
E. J. Doherty.
COLUMBUS
Columbus will be the vtcttm of a
great number of, :fish stories for sev­eral
weeks. ••charlie" Devoe, Station
Manager, just returned from Chesa­peake
Bay and L. A. t•LOU") Mc­Donald
and his family are in Michi­gan
now on a fishing trip. The writer
just :finished a two weeks' vacation
in Kansas City and really had a ttHot
time," and I do mean HOT. The
mercury climbed up above one hun­dred
degrees and so I spent most of
the time in various swimming pools.
I left the ttMissus" in Tulsa but never
again-it's too lonesome.
I didn't realize until the other day
that we have ((Versatility Plus" with
us here in Columbus, and no other
than Maxwell Tegerdine. BESIDES
being an opera and choir singer, he
is an athlete and an excellent swim­mer.
Yessir, he gets around, our
Columbus Caruso. And a Socialite
too, making the Society Column.
During the last month we have had
a relief clerk - introducing Mr.
Douglas Hart, who is rapidly becom­ing
adept at the many duties of a
Ticket and Reservation Clerk.
Among the TWA notables visiting
Columbus this month: Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Hart of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Bush
and son (Mr. Bush is a radio operator
at Newark) and I must not forget to
mention Mary Brush of the St. Louis
Trafic Ofice and husband. Jay
Schofield, radio technician, stopped in
to see us. The engineering depart­ment
has been represented by Bob
Zimmerman.
TWA really went to town at the
recent Charity N ewsie Air Show on
August Seventh . Several courtesy
hops were well handled by ••Lou"
McDonald, DTA, and Passenger
Agents Paul Shesky and Thomas
Dease. And the best part of it all is
that several persons who had their
first airplane flight at the Show are
now flying TWA.
Two former TWA Columbusites,
Ray Jones and Sterling Winchell,
paid us a visit on July 31st, and were
going to help us with the Charity
N ewsie Show which was to be held
on that date, but due to •tinclement
weather beyond our control" was
postponed to August 7th. I under­stand
that they renewed several old
acquaintances and had a pleasant
visit despite the wet reception. Thanks
for coming, fellows, and hope that
you'll pay us another visit soon.
Ray Lowther at the field just re­turned
from a vacation spent at San
Francisco and Boulder City, and Jack
Karreman is now enjoying a two
weeks' sojourn in Michigan.
Paul D. Strahm.
The month of August comes rapid­ly
to a close without any unusual
THE SKYLINER
CANDID SHOTS OF FUN AND BUSINESS AT KANSAS CITY
Top, Hywell Garrett, Payroll, and F. M. Hicklin, Time Ofice, pause with the "coke" man. Harriette Knorpp,
Advertising, on week-end trip to New Orleans. Stan Hamilton and Duke Hillias, Passenger Agents, in 1902 Brush.
Bottom, Weaver tries a ttCorrigan" a la bicycle. Jaques, Chief Inspector, takes some heckling over his lack of hair.
Adele Jenkins, Chief Hostess, tries out the Brush. Charlie Ries, Accounting, still playing catch despite weather.
(Photos by H. Stoltzfus, L. Bowen, E. Colgrove, and H. McCall.)
news highlighting the Dayton station.
C. L. Kauderer, DTA, and wife have
decided upon Michigan for their va­cation
locale this year and should
now be surrounded by silvery lakes,
tall pines, etc.
Passenger Agent McSherry did his
utmost to cause a furor by placing
himself under old Doc Sawbones at
a local hospital for a minor opera­:
ion but evidently it was successful, as
George is back with us, as ornery as
􀉝􅵶ver.
Dayton gets for itself a good, top­:
lotch radio man in the person of
William Farmer, who arrived here
crom a place way out west where the
1op toads wink-Boulder City. Bill
;ays it's a pleasant sight to see a lot
)f good old-fashioned shade trees
tgain after working amid the sage­)
rush and cactus.
Lest we forget, Donald "Tom"
Carr of the Passenger Agent retinue,
has registered a complaint with this
:olumn for having purposely omitted
his name in listing new arrivals at
Dayton last- month. Nonsense, my
dear boy, omission was unintentional,
3.nd to prove that we hold no malice
towards him for his harsh words, we
5tate that Donald ttT om" Carr is a
duly-accredited member of Dayton
operations and entitled to all priv­ileges
thereof.
We state with regret that Richard
Jones will leave Dayton September
first to take up a new post in Chicago
Trafic there; however, our loss, etc.
We haven't seen much of Chief
Passenger Agent Wagner since he re­ported
for the night trick but he as­serts
he'll come out of hiding before
the turn of the new year-hi, George.
Paul Niedermeyer will also be trans­ferred
the first of the month and our
best wishes go with him.
We don't see Ted Johnson much
any more but it's just because we
haven't visited the port at the right
time . Perce Simonson, our Station
Manager, claims this excessive rain­fall
during the past month has kept
his golfing at a standstill.
Your correspondent has been wield­ing
a tennis racket about these days
for a bit of exercise and conditioner .
Charles C. Allis.
FT. WAYNE
I hear rumors that A'. M. Backe
has had several ofers from large to­bacco
concerns for radio work on a
coast to coast hook-up. I understanq
that one of the oficials heard Backe
giving a report and immediately of­fered
a contract. He says Backe has
"Speed" Riggs, the Famous Auc­tioneer,
shaded like an umbrella, when
it comes to rapid radio talking.
Construction work has finally
started on the Administration build­ing
and TWA can soon boast of a
private ofice, ticket counter, and other
trimmings that will give us room
enough to walk around the ofice with­out
signaling for a turn .
I understand that a certain dis­patcher
is now known as nw rong
Way Willie."
After finishing a not too easy task
of drilling thru concrete to put in
some tie-down stakes, a drowsy look­ing
yokel walked up to me and asked,
ttHow come them holes in that good
concrete?" I says, t<Them dern de­mings
are at it again."
Mr. in again, out again, gone
again Corrigan dropped in for a
brief visit the other day.
L. G. Fritz stopped in long enough
to say hello the other day. Evidently
we're using the wrong bait, as our
visitors don't stay long enough .
I have been asked by several radio
operators in Chicago if I meant K.A.
or G.P. in the last issue of the Sky­liner.
It is Definitely G.P. I was sur­prised
myself when I saw G.P. the
other day to notice the nsouthern
front" has melted down like hot but­ter,
but soon found the reason. It
seems that Porter noticed an ad in
Esquire that stated, 'tWhy go on
strict diets, eat your :fill, see your feet
for the :first time in years, Girdle the
Guggenheim way." I understand that
Porter wears the same size as the lead
elephant in Ringling Bros. For quiet­ing
the rowdy passenger, the Hostess
can now yell, t•quiet youse guys or
I'll call an oficer" (apologies to First
oficer, Oficer.)
The golf team of Miller, Horst­meyer
and Sessions toss a challenge
to any nswingers" in the Eastern Di­vision.
(Ses-sions is the caddy.)
Chas. Sessions.
f
SMOKE SIGNS-A true artist must
be in proper mood, says C. I. (Photo
by Mrs . Sessions. )
Talk about :fish stories-L. C.
(Elsie) Burns, our Chief Clerk, tells
one that wins the medal for being
diferent. Any honest fisherman would
claim that the nbig" one got away,
but Elsie tells it this way. "We were
about thirty minutes out in the live­bait
boat and I had three mackerel,
two of them pretty fair, and the third
one was the biggest mackerel I ever
saw. I figured that since they were
biting so beautifully I wouldn't have
room to carry all I would catch, so I
threw all three back in." It seems that
the :fish quit biting, and when they
brought around the fish that won the
$8.00 jack-pot, Elsie's ttbig one"
would have, in his own words, ttmade
two fish that size ." Brother Burns, we
are sincerely sympathetic, but realize
that it is, after all, a fish story.
Mark McAllen, our counter man
extraordinaire, recently returned from
a familiarization trip over the line,
and reports that TWA service is ex­actly
like he's been representing it to
the public for a year.
Congratulations are in order for
P. W. Herbert, the man who meets
the boats. The other day :Paul met
the SS Monterey and sold TWA
service to every passenger destined to
a competitive point, except one. The
competing lines are still wondering
what happened. Paul modestly states,
t•I wasn't even breathing hard."
Don Shafer; of the Reservation
Bureau, is well established in his new
home. Don, in case you haven't heard,
recently made the trip to the altar,
and subsequently a short honeymoon
trip to Catalina. Congratulations and
best wishes to you, Mr. and Mrs.
Shafer!
The Reservation Bureau is now
nclicking" nicely at the airport, hav­ing
been recently transferred from
the downtown ofice. W. B. "BiW'
Price, veteran and capable Manager
of the Bureau, is reportedly well
pleased with the new set-up. He has
an eficient crew, namely, D. L.
Shafer, J. R. Frazier, Keith Kirk
and Joe Leahy. The last three are
former Kansas Citians, Leahy having
j'ined up just a week or so ago.
Everyone from Mr. Cussen down
has been aiding and abetting Cupid
in the Kilpatrick-Frazier romance.
Seems like it all started in Kansas
City some time ago, and it's still go­ing
smoothly. Rumor has it that they
might get hitched some time during
the first two weeks of October, when
they both plan to take their vacations.
To the TW A-ers who have honored
us recently with a visit we say ttGlad
1:0 have seen you· and come back
again." To the other half of the
TWA organization whose vacations
are in the ofing, we suggest you con­fer
with the Southern California
Chamber of Commerce.
Francis Cornelius Green.
N EWARK
TALK AB·OUT COMFORT-won­der
if ttCal" is using a TWA chair
for deep sea fishing now? (Photo by
Clif W ertsch. )
Maintenance
The latest word of Cupid is that
he has succeeded in Hfixing it up" for
First Oficer Bill Piper. The date he
will taxi up the aisle is some time in
September, we understand.
Radioman Bill Karnes of KC paid
us a visit recently, on his vacation.
Newark airport was th􀉞􅸠 center of
quite a bit of activity August 9 when
􀂜􉲷·wrong-way" Corrigan landed here
for a visit of inspection of the con­trol
tower and hangars. Candid
-camera fiends were working at double
speed during his short stay, and the
parade of cars _on the way _to_ N􀉟w­.
ark went directly through the TWA
hangar, giving us a close glimpse of
this now-famous flyer.
Jimmy Kinn decided that there is
nothing like a goo􀉠􆀠 old-fashioned
·operation to keep in the pink of con­
·dition, so he had his appendix re­moved-
at the · doctor's request, how­
·ever. Latest reports are that Jimmy is
getting along fine, but why-the
TWA young Galahads who visit him
want to know-did he pick a hospital
with all men nurses?
Did you ever see a bad dream
walking? If not, you should have
seen A'rchie Beadling the day after he
<lived of a 25-foot bridge into a
stream about 4 feet deep. Talking
about diving-Clif W ertsch didn't
look so hot the day after he got a
half twist in his neck during a power
·dive from a high board.
We are submitting visual proof
that Cal Calhoun, Maintenance Fore­man,
at least goes after them (and
gets them-sometimes! ) . The occasion
was a deep-sea fishing trip for tuna,
marlin, sharks, whales, rubber boots,
()r anything they could get, including
sunburn and sea sickness. The party
that went out on the Atlantic for the
day, August I, included C. H. Cal­houn,
Emmerson Webster (NK in­spector)
, Captain Jim Eischeid and
Mrs. Eischeid, and Clif W ertsch.
Your correspondent confirmed his
suspicions that he was a better land­lubber
than a sailor by feeding the
fish. The prize catch was hooked by
Webb, who landed 2 of the big 40-
lb. tuna, while Jim Eischeid had to
be satisfied with a baby tuna, and on
his birthday too (Jim's) .
Clif . W ertsch.
S T. L 0 U I_ S
Last month we mentioned some­thing
about the big fish Neil Mabry,
Assistant Station Manager, caught­well,
here is the proof. The large one
is a 17-pounder, one at 6 pounds and
one at 5 pounds, all catfish. (Never
have discovered what Neil uses for
bait.) The assistant fish-catcher is
Jack Butts from the AMF here. Who
MORE BIG FI'SH-caught on the
Big Piney River, Piney, Missouri.
The fishermen, Jack Butts of AMF
at LS (left) and Neil Mabry, As­sistant
Station Manager LS.
says Missouri has no fishing ((holes"?
Grab your pole and c'mon-let's go
fishin'.
August 22nd we were honored by a
visit from the famous ttWrong Way"
pilot. You know the one-that started
for California and ended up in Ire­land.
Yes, I mean ttNo Compass"
Corrigan. Quite a large crowd here
at the field to meet him.
Bill Johnson, radio operator, must
be thinking of stepping out while the
wife is away. r see he has painted
his car. Bill, I'm surprised at you !
E. H. Wagener.
SAN FRANCI SCO
Vacations are now going on. Lorene
Gaston is away spending hers with
family and friends in Brownsville,
Texas. It's been rumored, but denied,
that Bob McCormick bought that new
furniture to furnish his new house
with the money he saved on his va­cation.
It's said that he spent it in a
tent on the beach. Harry Hatch goes
next, and we'll tell you next month
where he went and what he did.
Visitors who were shown around
the San Francisco area this month
include The Brushes from St. ·.Louis,
S. J. Knickerbock of the Grand Can­yon-
Boulder Dam Tours, C. W. Day­hof,
J. B. Walker, and Andy Kelly,
J. Stirling Getchell's Los Angeles
Representative.
Reports have reached us that all
spades have finally been cleared from
Boulder City, after the last frantic
rush.
Every month a new hobby; Claude
League's latest is horseback riding
with UAL hostess-pardon me, stew­ardess.
Ole May, Jim Scott, and Harry
Hatch have been hot-footing it around
San Francisco the last week or so
carrying the ((Ranch Party Book."
Looks as though San Francisco will
have some representatives at the party.
The San Francisco Committee for
National Air Travel Week has been
formed with Frank Fuller, Speed
Flyer, at the controls. Ole May, SF,
DT A, is on the committee.
Latest news is that Ruth McQueen
is still on good terms with the Bureau
of Air Commerce.
Bob McCormick.
Bob Littell, genial DT A of this
ofice, is doing a bit of vacationing
up Connecticut Coast way and we
trust having a ttsimpully grand time"
and getting in shape for the forth­coming
year. Being by one's lonesome
in this ofice sure keeps one dashing,
though-should be twins before long
from trying to be more than one
place at the same time. Kinda guess I
will appreciate a vacation this year­providing
a transfer doesn't come
along, as it usually does, and take
care of said nearing vacation.
And would you believe it-Virginia
Burgess of PG Trafic will no longer
THE SKYLINER
be whO()peeing, but will be telling of
orange blossoms and ttLohengrin"
some time in December. So sorry­the
lucky man's name remains un­known
at this writing. And we are
still trying to find out when those
wedding bells are to uring out" for
Passenger Agent Bob Swanstrom of
LS. This is the fall that Duke Hillias
of KC is to settle into harness.
Was your correspondent's face
scarlet the other day when, upon
answering a phone, he was invited
over to play with a very sweet voice
after he had had his nap and was
cleaned up. After questioning, though,
it turned out the sweet voice was only
4-DERNIT.
Hear tell as to how the KC HILL­BILLIES
have gone in for Chinese
Checkers in a big way • . . even C. E.
Fleming had the fever when in the
other day. Jack Frye comes to our
fair city every now and then • • • also
had F. G. Wilson again for a visitor.
The Washington-Merry-Go-Round
has Wirt Scruggs going in circles try­ing
to get the proper interpretations
of the new CAA to pass on to the
company oficials • • . and of course
we would all like to know just what
they are going to do to the ttpass"
situation in reference to relations­wonder
if Lou M arechal of PG has
finally gotten that rose-covered cot­tage
in Rose Valley up to par for the
ttfuture." Actually how many Barnes'
are working for TWA now? . . • at
least your correspondent was ttTW A
FIRST" • . • NY has Ellingsen with a
Ford and Danzer with a dory (23-
footer, too )-has anyone obtained a
horse yet? • • . and is "Papa" Hall
of the same ofice burned up because
he made a trip to the WEST COAST
just one week before the service
charges were wastebasketed-does this
man Keith Kirk ever move around­KC-CO-
SF-KC-LA-or at least
that seems to be the way wires by
him read . . • and now for a vaca-tion,
I hope, hope, hope. . •
.
Major Barnes.
WICHITA
All the 1938 vacations for the
Wichita personnel have been. com­pleted
and everyone seems to be quite
refreshed and ready to ((hit the ball"
for another year. No one sufered
any injuries or disappointments ex­cept
"Memphis" Cole, who was af­flicted
with acute ttheart" trouble as
he departed for Albuquerque. The
thoughts of the 780 miles from Albu­querque
to Kansas City must have
brought it on. Anyway, his ttheart"
trouble did a funny turn-over while
he was en route from Wichita to Al­buquerque
on flight 3 of August
17th. Seems as though his frame of
mind afected his stomach so in­tensely
that he found it necessary to
make good use of the little brown
quart can-you know-and great
were the contents thereof!
Recent visitors to our fair city
were: Major A'. D. Smith, Mtn. Di­vision
Supt. ; L. M. "Les" Reed, Per­sonnel
Director ; V. P. Conroy, Traf­fic
Sales Manager-and last but not
least, a charming representative from
the Kansas City Accounting Depart­ment.
We hope these people enjoyed
their ttstop-over" with us and cordial­ly
invite them to ret􀉡􆅲rn at their
earliest convenience.
A news item hot of the press is
the Federal approval of a request for
a WP A grant and appropriation of
$433,205 for the construction of con­crete
runways for the Wichita Mu-nicipal
Airport. These runways will
enable the largest and heaviest air-·
planes to land and take of at the
Wichita field regardless of ground
conditions. The city of Wichita will
provide tools, equipment and engi­neering
for this work, that being
Wichita's share in making the Mu­nicipal
Airport the last word in avia­tion
terminals. The surveying, land­scaping,
laying water lines, installing
storm sewers and light facilities, etc.,
are expected to get under way im­mediately
in order that Wichita will
be one of the first cities in the nation
to issue a cordial invitation to all
aircraft, Boeing, DC-4's, or what­have-
you.
We wish to give our sincere con­gratulations
and best wishes to R. E.
"Bob" Montgomery, formerly Dis­trict
Trafic Agent of this city, who,
on August 29th, was promoted to
District Trafic Agent at Pittsburgh.
Although we at Wichita regret to see
Bob leave us, we join with his many
friends in complimenting him on his
hard work of the past and in wishing
him the best of everything in his new
position.
We also wish to extend our con­gratulations
to R. B. "Buck" Riordan,
formerly Trafic Representative at
Wichita, who has been promoted to
District Trafic Agent and will remain
in this city. ttBuck" and ttBob" are
hard workers and we know will con­tinue
to ttbring in the bacon" wher­ever
they may be.
We welcome to our midst Mrs. C.
M. Miller of Wichita, who has been
engaged as assistant and secretary to
Mr. Riordan in the local trafic ofice.
We hope Mrs. Miller will long enjoy
her association with TWA and ex­tend
to her our usual hearty welcome.
Bruce E. Mitchell.
Note: Bruce, I. have direct infor­mation
that Memphis is at least using
Air Mail now.-Ed.
WI N SLOW
Bill Davis would like to express his
appreciation for everything to every­one
in the Western Region. He's
bearing up pretty; well, fellows.
Who should show up the other
evening but Fred Koupal, stepping
blithely out of flight four and hand­ing
us a cigar􀉢􆈮. It was a boy, and were
his buttons tight? (He had on his
coat.) The funny thing is he rode as
passenger both ways as there was a
senior oficer aboard getting his time
in each way. Kind of giving you a
break, what?
George Englehart left us last month
to assume the responsibilities of Re­lief
Station Manager, replacing
"Jimmy'' C. E. Harris, now at Las
Vegas. Good luck, George, and don't
forget us at Winslow.
Replacing George is Lawrence
Beggs from Kansas City. Initials are
L. A., and someone let it be known
it stands for Looney Larry. Stepped
right in and took hold of his job
and we have coaster passenger load­ing
stands a la LA. They sure do the
trick, though, all patent rights re­served
or something. Understand
Larry is thinking quite seriously of
trodding the aisle with a Kansas City
lass. Has a house ready so mayhap
next issue we can announce the happy
event.
Who should step of flight three
the other day, only to depart again
on flight four, but our erstwhile Pas­senger
Agent Chuck Kaul, recently of
KM but now of DA.? Of course, the
5
young lady was wa1t1ng for him,
that's how we found out he was com­ing
in, and did the Jitter Bug have
him! Is it serious, Chuck, or is Win­slow's
reputation slipping? Maybe on
your next vacation you can get to the
coast. Thought you were spoofing
about going back so soon or would
have been out to see you of.
Seems like old times again working
HO George Osborn ex-PT but now
of JD and seems to like it, too. The
air is kind of.-. good to breathe out
this way (except when we have our
dust storms) .
George Harper.
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INSTRUCTS I N OPERATION
OF 4-MOTORED BOEING
Captain Otis F. Bryan, TWA
Pilot, has been selected as chief
instructor in a special school to
instruct other company pilots in
the operation of Boeing four­motored
airplanes which it is ex­pected
will be placed in sched­uled
service later this year. The
school will be conducted under
the supervision of Harlan Hull,
TWA Chief Pilot.
Captain Bryan now has more
flying time in the four-motored
type of Boeing planes than any
other airline pilot in the United
States. He recently completed 58
hours of flying in the Army
Y1B-17 four-motored bomber.
It is planned to develop a com­prehensive
schooling program
based on Army Air Corps meth­ods
to train pilot personnel in
operation of the new type ships.
A detailed instruction manual
will be comp.iled by the Army
Air Corps in flying the huge
ships.
FIVE-YEAR PINS TO
THREE MORE
Blue and silver five-year serv­ice
pins went to three more
TW Aites during the month of
August. Those who achieved this
service record were:
William F. McCormick, Chief
Clerk Eastern & Western Re­gional
Ofices, Kansas City, Au­gust
1, 1938.
Ralph E. Oliver, Radio Oper­ator,
Kansas City, August. 10,
1938.
Don R. Terry, Captain, New­ark,
August 16, 1938.
MOST FAMOUS BA·BY ON lfHE
LINiE-Ann Elizabeth Molitor, at
one month-ttRuthie, Jr."-daughter
of former Chief Hostess Ruth Rhodes.
It is said that she has the appetite of
her mother.
PUDDLE JUMPER-with street car bell and everything. Ed Riederer, Reservations PT, at wheel with Charles
Russell, Charles Schwaneke, H. B. Grimes, AI Tyson and Andy Anderson-all of Accounting KC.-.IT MUST
BE LOVE- (center) Memphis Cole, Passenger Agent KC-WD-AB, with the one and only, Edith Wey, Accounts
Receivable KC.-THE GANG'S ALL HEREr-Catherine Quigley, Revenue Accounting, KC; Lee Stone, secretary
to Mr. Peet, KC; and Helen Gunn, secretary to Harlan Hull, KC. (Photos by Helen McCall and Bill Sumits.)
6
THANKS FROM SCOUTS
The following letter from Bar- \of young men as TWA has, and the
ney Bryan, Scribe of TWA A via- 1 idea of being connected with TWA
,is, in itself, enough to make our tion Rover Crew No. 1, is repro- chests stick out a little further.
duced here at the request of the In keeping with your company's
management of TWA. The atti- policy of the pioneering spirit in
tude of the TWA personnel , aviation, you have pioneered a new
along the line who assisted in 'branch of Scouting, and we are the
,fortunate ones chosen as your repre­taking
care of this group of boys 'sentatives in this great field.
is to be commended and this ·1 For your information, I am en­letter
of thanks is to ALL : 􀉆􄙣closing the personal card of Mayor
TWA Aviation Rover Crew No. 1, .H. P. Marble of . 􀉇􄝡as V􀉈􄡧gas. ! had
Municipal Airport, ' the pl.easure of s1tttng wtth 􀉗􅝵um on
Kansas City, Missouri, \the tr1p to Boulder, a􀉉􄥤d dur1!lg .the
August 16, 1938. course of our conversation, he tnvtt.ed
Mr. Cliford Mutchler, 􀃻􏭭mother Scout and me .t􀉊􄨠 call on h1m
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., tn Las Veg'!s, promtstng that he
Kansas City, Missouri. would entertatn us royally.
Dear Mr. Mutchler: 􀉋􄭥e had learned of our Tro􀉌􄱰p from
In behalf of TWA Aviation Rover var1ous sour.ces, and comphm.ented
Crew No. 1, let me thank you for the TWA very htghly for the 􀉍􄵸xcepttonal­wonderful
air trip to Boulder City ly fine work they were do􀉎􄹮n􀉏􄼭- Natur­which
you so generously awarded us. ally, we t􀃻􏭬lked 􀃼􏱢bout av1at1on, _and
We were extended every courtesy by from the tnstructton I have received
not only hostesses and station man- at the hands of Mr. Va􀉐􅁥e, I was able
agers, but also by pilots. !o answer sever:'-1 questions . c �>ncern-
The flying was the high point of tn¥ t?e plane, 􀉑􅅴ts char􀃼􏱣ctenstlcs and
the trip for all of us, and let me prtnctples of fltght, 􀉒􅉨h1􀉓􅍨h he asked.
assure you that this experience will He was very enthus1ast1c about our
live in our memories forever Troop, and very much sold on the
A few of the Scouts were ubumped" idea of flying, especially via TWA.
at various stations along the way; but _ Re􀉔􅑵urntng to the pn􀉕􅕡ary purpose
were cared for in fine style by your of thts letter, let me agatn thank 􀉖􅙯ou,
station personnel, who certainly de- and tell. you that we greatly appreciate
serve a vote of thanks for the manner everythtng TWA has done for us.
in which they received us. Scoutingly yours, .
We know that very few companies (s) ·Barney Bryan, Scnbe
would take as much interest in a group TWA Aviation Rover Crew No. 1.
ECHOES FRO M TENNIS TOURNAM ENT
WINNERS AND GALLERY-Bruce Obermiller, singles winner, and Ralph
Oursler, runner up, display their trophies. Obermiiier and Oursler also teamed
together to win the doubles, making the tournament a 100o/o Accounting
victory. (Photos by Biii Chappell.)
Classic comment on the tennis
tournament is attributed to Eve­lyn
Rentschler (Accts. Rec., KC) ,
secretary to Bruce Obermiller,
winner of the tournament. After
the singles match, she was heard
to say, ((Boy, that was a fine ex­hibition
of tennis. Did Obie
win?"
Thanks are . extended to Cap­tain
Geo. Rice of the Wallis-Rice
Sporting Goods Company, Glen­dale,
California, for donating a
dozen balls (or the semi-finals
and finals.
Credit, also, goes to W m.
Pearce of the Personnel Depart­ment.
He is to be congratulated
on his fine handling of the
tournament.
END TO MRS. HECKER
Word was received at Kansas
City last Monday of the death at
Jamestown, N. Y., Saturday,
September 10, of the wife of E.
A. Hecker, Express Trafic Man­ager
and Interline Trafic Repre­sentative
for TWA. Mrs. Hecker
had been ill for some time. The
funeral was held Tuesday, Sep­tember
13 , at Jamestown. Co­workers
of Mr. Hecker in the
Trafic Department and his many
friends extend sympathy.
No man has a good enough
memory to be a successful liar.
-Abraham Lincoln.
NEW YO RK SELLS TWA
WITH POETRY
If on your vacation
You're going away,
The best way to travel
Is TWA.
If you're crossing the country
To Frisco or L.A.,
You'll arrive in the morning
On TWA.
You leave Newark at five
And arrive there at eight,
You can count on your fingers
The times we've been late.
To Frisco takes longer
You arrive there at nine,*
But you'll enjoy every minute
On the ((Lindbergh Line."
Our prices are fair
Our weather is too,
The hostess is pretty
What more can we do?
So come all ye prospects
Just march through the door,
The bus for the Sky Chief
Leaves this ofice at four.
*Ten.'
-Richard Doran,
New York.
Ideas are a capital that bears
interest only in the hands of
talent. -Rivar ol.
THE SKYLIN􀀹􃥒R
REFUELING AT KC ON RECOR D FLIGHT
A NEW RECOR:D OF 10 HRS., 3 MIN., resulted from Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky's East-West transconti­nental
dash August 29. His only stop was at Kansas City to refuel. Upper left picture shows TWA mechanics Joe
Rock and Geo. Standke pouring 364 gallons of gasoline into the tanks of the single-motored, military type pursuit
plane of the Major's own design. De Seversky and his helper look on. Major de Seversky then waved goodbye to•
Kansas City and to<;�k of to complete his record flight. (TWA photos.)
$1 0.00 SUGGESTION PR IZE TO
L. D. SHANN ON-BU
A 􀃇􌜱10.00 prize for the best suggestion submitted during July in
the Maintenance Safety and Economy campaign was awarded to
L. D. Shannon, Class (tA" mechanic, Burbank.
No June award was made.
While several suggestions were
received during that month, none
was considered of suficient prac­ticality
to merit the prize. Con­sequently
the monthly award of
􀃇􌜵5.00 was accumulated and added
to the regular amount for July.
Mr. Shannon's suggestion was
that all engine magnetos be
marked on the outside with the
position of the breaker points,
to speed up the work of accurate­ly
checking the engine timing.
The suggestion is now being fol­lowed
by scribing a line on the
side of the breaker housing of
the magnetos, which accomplishes
the result very well and with a
, substantial saving of time. The
suggestion has also been called
to the attention of the magneto
manufacturers who have ac­knowledged
its value and are
now marking all new magnetos
accordingly. Congratulations,
Mr. Shannon!
Several suggestions were re­ceived
during August which are
being considered for the award
of that month. Tlie winner will
be announced later. Send in your
suggestions for September now.
All maintenance employees are
eligible to compete. Your sug­gestion
may win.
RUTH HAVI LAND AM ONG
CONTEST LEAD ERS
If you want to know who the
hardest working girl in Kansas
City is these days, ask Ruth Havi­land.
Determined to be satisfied with
nothing less than first place in
the contest, Ruth is working night
and day to become Kansas City's
Goodwill Ambassador to Europe.
She spends a full day enlisting
the cooperation of friends and
business men, then goes on the
job in Reservations to hold down
the four-to-midnight shift.
Latest standings show Ruth in
seventh place. The contest closes
September 16th, so let's get be­hind
her and help her out. Buy
a book of scrip or sell your
friends for Miss TWA.
TALK ABOUT HOUSECLEAN­ING
!-Marathon sweeper-upper is
Jay Robinson, master broom pusher
,in charge of keeping the Kansas City
TWA hangar spick, span and spot­less.
In seven years during which he
has been sweeping the Kansas City
hangar an average of one and one­half
times per day, it is estimated
that he has swept a total area of more
than 4625 acres-pushing his 36-inch
wide broom a total of 1800 miles.
Jay is 53 years old, father of three
boys and twice a grandfather. His
hobby is music and he likes to dance.
He plays five instruments-violin, 12-
string mandolin, banjo-uke, musical
saw and both the Hawaiian and nat­ural
guitar. He is a member of the
recently formed TWA Glee Club,
singing either bass or tenor. Says he
can dance anything up-to-date.
PRO M OTIONS FOR CLEMSON, LUSK,
MONTGOM ERY, RIORDAN, McCOLLUM
R. B. Riordan Bob Montgomery
J. H. Clemson Geo. Lusk C. E. McCollum
Recent changes in the Traffic going. to the Wichita ofice from
Department saw J. H. 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍣colonel" Kansas City. He is probably one
Clemson, formerly DT A at Phil- of the youngest men on the line
adelphia, promoted to the same to have the responsibility of a
position in New York-G. W. DTA position • .
Lusk, formerly DT A at St. Louis, C. E. (Mac) McCollum is an­transferred
to Hollywood in the other oldtimer, having been as­same
capacity-Robert 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍂Bob" sociated with The Lindbergh
Montgomery, formerly DTA at Line since 1929. His first position
Wichita, promoted to a position was that of DT A way down in
heading the company's ofice at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He later
Pittsburgh-R. B. 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍂Buck" Rior- served in the same capacity at
dan, formerly Bob's assistant at Chicago, Indianapolis, and Pitts­Wichita,
raised to the DT A po- burgh, respectively.
sition there-and C. E. McCol-lum,
formerly DT A . at Pitts­burgh,
taking over the same
·duties at Philadelphia.
The moving up of these vet­eran
trafic men should be pleas­ing
to their many friends in the
TWA organization.
Colonel Clemson has been
with the company since it was
formed, and has spent hiSI entire
life in the transportation field,
being formerly associated with
the Pennsylvania Railroad and
the Pullman Company before en­tering
the air transportation field.
He served the company respec­tively
at Clovis, Del Monte, Los
Angeles, Columbus, and for the
past seven years in Philadelphia
prior to this appointment to the
New York post.
G. W. (George) Lusk has been
with the TWA organization for
seven years, entering the employ
of the company in 1931 as DTA
at Albuquerque, later serving in
the same capacity at Los Angeles,
Kansas City, and St. Louis. Now,
as DTA at Hollywood, he as­sumes
the responsibility of keep­ing
TWA foremost as the 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍳sky­way
of the Stars."
Bob Montgomery, also, is a
TWA veteran, having been with
the company since 1929 and in
the · Wichita ofice for the past
two years. Before going to Wich­ita
he worked in the Kansas City
ofice and earlier traveled for
the TWA bureau.
Buck Riordan, Bob's successor,
has made a rapid climb to his
present position of importance,
having been associated with
TWA for the past three years,
Newspaper Interviews
Hostess Benefiel
As one of a series of inter­views
with girls on the question,
􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍈How do Chicago girls fit them­selves
for the jobs they hold in
modern life?" the Herald and
Examiner carried an interview
with TWA Hostess Esther Bene­fiel,
in its issue of July 25. Of
her work she says, 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍉It has a fasci­nation
that nothing else has.
Once you have flown you want
to keep on flying. I wouldn't
give it up for anything."
B R I C K BATS A N D B O U QU ETS
􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍂Believe your planes are qui­eter."
􀂫􊬀􀂫􊭉I was assured I had a lower
berth but on the plane I was
given an upper.''
􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍹your pilots are grand fellows
and add much to the enjoyment
of flying."
􀂩􊤀􀂩􊥷was awakened twice by the
hostess asking if I had settled
down for the night."
􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍹your line serves better food
than any other. I've flown over
100,000 miles and have eaten lots
of meals on airplanes."
􀂫􊬀􀂫􊭁A lower berth was promised
to me, but, I was given an upper
anyhow.''
􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍉Immensely impressed by the
safety attitude of TWA which is
apparent in everything you do."
ffAdvise passengers that foun­tain
pens leak in the air. I found
out by experience."
THE SKYLINER
OTH ER T RANSFERS AND
CHANG ES
F. W. Sarmon's mail room
personnel has two new members.
Gus Berglund and Dudley
Grimm are the two new addi­tions.
Welcome to TWA.
Maxine Moore, formerly Ac­counting,
KC, has been trans­ferred
to Sales Records, PT.
Note, PT -her hobby · is swim­ming,
and how !
Earl Colgrove, Chief Staf Pho­tographer
for TWA, must have
grown tired of commuting be­tween
KC and NY and is now
making the TWA News Bureau
at NY his home base.
E. J. Riederer, formerly Reve­nue
Accounting Clerk, moves to
PT as Ticket and Reservation
Clerk. Also, transferred to Reser­vationS
(KC) from the stock­room,
Joe Leahy. Howard Wil­liams
comes to TWA to replace
Joe in the stockroom. Also; Bert
Thompson, who has been on
leave for the past month, has re­turned
to his duties in the stock­room.
Ed Campbell, formerly Station
Manager JD, has resumed his
flying status as First Oficer SF,
being replaced by W. E. Baker,
formerly Station Manager at
Las Vegas. C. E. (Jim) Harris
is promoted from Western Re­gion
Relief Station Manager to
fill the vacancy at LQ. Geo. En­glehardt,
Mechanic WO, has
been advanced to Western Re­gion
Relief Station Manager.
E. P. Spalding, formerly Pas­senger
Agent SF, now is on va­cation
relief duty in Trafic Ofice
there.
Two new employees at Ama­rillo-}.
J. Redmond as Radio­man
and E. C. Twing, Porter.
Changes in the flying person­nel
recently have seen L. J.
Smith, Mechanic, moved up to
First Oficer-D. B. Kuhn, First
Oficer SF, transferred to KC­A.
W. Collins, Captain BU,
transferred to KC.
Radiomen who have received
transfers or changes in position
include W. P. Odum, Radioman,
AQ to PT; G. H. Osborn, Ra­dioman,
PT to JD; and W. L.
Farmer, Chief Radioman JD to
Chief Radioman DA, while W al­ter
Schanke, Junior Clerk CG,
has been transferred to Radio­man
DA.
In reservations, Keith Kirk re­tains
his position of champion
mover, being transferred from
Reservation Clerk KC to LA.
James Frazier and D. Schafer,
Ticket and Reservation Clerks
LA, become Reservation Clerks
BU, while W. Price, Ticket and
Reservation Clerk LA, becomes
Chief Reservation Clerk BU.
Passenger Agents R. D. Jones,
DA ; C. W. Neal, CO ; and Glen
Wise, Chief Passenger Agent
CO, have been transferred to the
trafic ofice CG. C. E. Kaul, Pas­senger
Agent KM, moves over to
DA, Wilson Ferguson, Passen­ger
Agent PT to CO and Paul
Shesky, Passenger Agent CO to
Chief Passenger Agent CO.
? ? ? ? .? ?
􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍎Noted at the air desk at
Penn Station in New York,
a model Skysleeper plane No.
325-since when have they
converted the DC2s? I am
anxious to try 'em."
(Signed) M. K. MURPHY,
Hostess (NK).
REGIONAL NEWS
Direct information places wed­dings
on the calendar in October
for Duke Hillias, Passenger
Agent KC, and Roy Fuller, Dis­patch
Ofice, KC.
Rumor has it that Larry Fritz,
Eastern Region Superintendent,
Milt Thompson, of East and
West Region ofices, and Bob
Zimmerman, Airport Project
Engineer, bagged 41 doves on
the opening day of the season­despite
the fact that Larry was
using 20-gauge shells in a 16-
gauge gun and wanted to know
why they were constantly drop­ping
out.
C. E. Corren, Dispatcher and
Meteorologist BU, and J. H'.
Stefen, Radioman AB, are tem­porarily
of duty due to illness.
TWO NEW HOSTESSES
The two newest members of
the TWA Hostess personnel are
Olga Serafin and Katherine L.
Wilson, hailing from Pennsyl­vania
and Alabama, respectively.
Miss Serafin is a graduate of
Presbyterian Hospital and was
Assistant Supervisor at Roosevelt
Hospital in New York before
coming to TWA. Miss Wilson
graduated from St. Margaret's
Hospital of Montgomery, Ala­bama,
and did private nursing
duty up to the time of her em­ployment
by The Lindbergh
Line. Both are based in Kansas
City and are flying between
Kansas City and Newark.
BAGS 7:1 -POUND SILVER TAR­PO·N-((
Blackie" Blackwell, Mainte­nance
Crew Chief (KC), kept his
promise to Hthe boys" and caught a
big one while on his vacation. He
'succeeded in subduing the 71-pound
fighting Silver Tarpon after about an
ihour's struggle. The big fish measured
5 ft. 7 in. from stem to stern.
HBlackie" and Mrs. Blackwell have
just returned from visiting his folks
near New Orleans, where they spent
an exciting two weeks. About the
Tarpon, ((Blackie" says it was really
nothing, you should . have seen the
one that got away! (Photo by John
C. Robertson.)
FRITZ, FRITZ . AND FRITZ -
Larry Jr., and Jimmy Fritz, sons of
L. G. ((Larry" Fritz, eastern region
superintendent of TWA, listen to the
siren call of ((OK TWA 21," as
Maurice Maloney directs trafic by
two-way radio at the world's busiest
airport. The rapt expression on the
boys' faces would indicate it is just a
matter of growing a little more be­fore
they get their wings.
7
RANDALL-AUSTIN JOIN TWA
I. S. (Stick)
RANDALL, who
has recently taken
over the impor­tant
New York
Regional Man­ager's
post for
TWA.
WILLIAM J.
(Bill) AUSTIN
- recently ap­pointed
Manager
of National Ac­counts
for TWA.
I. S. (Stick) Randall, national­ly
known sales and advertising
executive, is the · recently ap­pointed
New York Regional
Manager for TWA. His head­quarters
will be at TWA's New
York ofices, 60 East 42nd St.
William J. (Bill) Austin, also
is a new member of the TWA
organization. He assumes the
position of Manager of National
Accounts with . ofices at Kansas
City.
Mr. Randall joins The Lind­bergh
Line following a distin­guished
career in the. mercnan­dising
and advertising :fields.
Among the national campaigns
in which he has been active are
J ello, Maxwell House and
Frosted Foods for General Foods
Corp. He was also as􀂤􊑯ociated
with Blackman Advertising, Inc.,
and served two terms as Presi­dent
of the Sales Executives Club
of New York.
Mr=--Austin comes to the TWA
organization with a wide back­ground
of aviation and sales ex­perience.
He was a pilot in the
World War, later serving as a
flying instructor. He spent two
and one-half years as a steel
salesman for New York Export
in Japan. Then in 1929, Mr.
Austin joined the Pittsburgh
Aviation Industries as sales man­ager.
This was the parent com­pany
of what is now known as
Pennsylvania-Central Airlines,
which Mr. Austin served for the
past several years as Vice-Presi­dent
in Charge of Trafic.
Allen Nam ed as Consultant
to Aeronautics Authority
Edward J. Noble, Chairman of
the Civil Aeronautics Authority,
announced the selection August
25 of C. B. Allen, widely known
aviation editor of the New York
Herald-Tribune, to serve tem­porarily
as a consultant to the
Authority.
Mr. Allen has been granted a
three-months leave of absence by
his newspaper and du�;ing that
period he will assist the Authori­ty
in the development of its in­formation
and public relations
policies.
GLADYS ETHEL DAVIS
Friends and associates of W.
0. Davis, Radioman WO, were
grieved to learn of the death of
his wife, Gladys Ethel Davis,
August 15th in Kansas City. The
funeral was held August 18th at
the Lindsey Funeral Home in
Kansas City and interment was
at the Mt. Washington Cemetery
there.
8
TWA WELCOMES PRO POSED
TRANS-SOUTH ERN AI RLI NE
Trans-Southern to Operate
Between Amarillo-Memphis
Under the leadership of Jerry
Sass, Keith Kahle and H. C.
Lewis of Oklahoma City, a new
airline to be known as Trans­Southern
Airlines, Inc., is being
proposed to operate between Am­arillo
and Memphis by way of
Oklahoma City.
In addition to serving the three
major cities, the proposed new
airline would serve four cities
that do not now have any regu­lar
scheduled air service-Elk
City, Muskogee, Ft. Smith and
Russellville.
TWA welcomes this proposed
important new airline and hopes
the operators will be successful
in obtaining their certificate. The
connecting service aforded would
be especially helpful to TWA
from a service standpoint-in that
we would be able to sell business
from the Pacific Coast direct to
the cities to be served by the
Trans-Southern Airlines, Inc.
C O LD VACC I N E F R E E
T O E M B P M E M B E RS
An immunization course against
colds again this year will be fur­nished
free to members of the
Employees Mutual Benefit Plan
and to other employees and their
families at cost.
The immunization furnished
will be the same oral vaccine pro­gram
used last year, which proved
efective in about 60 % of cases,
working successfully for approx­imately
three out of five persons
who took the immunization last
winter. Over 35,000 capsules
were distributed last winter, and
in an investigation among 255 of
those who took the vaccine last
year, 211 said they wanted it
again.
In response to popular request,
however, the program will start
two weeks earlier this year, be­ginning
September 15, and will
extend through April, 1939. The
course will consist of 65 capsules,
furnished free to all EMBP mem­bers
who turn in a request for
it to the EMBP ofice at Kansas
City at once or at the low cost of
$2􀇕􍔵50 (plus tax on Missouri de­liveries)
to non-members.
SIR WALTE:R RALEmGH-Cour­tesy
is the daily watchword of all
TWA employees, but because it was
((Courtesy Week" in Chicago, Pas­senger
Agent Edward Doherty gave a
dexnonstration of super-super courtesy
by patterning after the famous Sir
Walter. Photo shows Doherty spread­ing
his coat for TWA Hostess Nita
Black when she arrived at the Chicago
Municipal Airport, July 25.
John A. Collings Guest
Columnist
John A. Collings, Superin­tendent
of Eastern Division 0)?­erations
of TWA (CG) , acted as
guest columnist for Maurice
Roddy's 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍈Happy Landings'? in
the Chicago Sunday Times of
July 3 1 , while Roddy vacationed.
A m o n g the 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍄D I D Y 0 U
KNOWS" that he included
were :
DID YOU KNOW THAT-The
shadows cast by an airplane
always are the same size, no matter
at what height it is flown?
Maj. Alton N. I>arker, who flew
with Admiral Byrd's polar expedi­tions,
is the most decorated airman
aside from Lindbergh? (Now a vet­eran
TWA pilot, he was awarded the
distinguished flying cross and also a
special congressional medal for his
flying ability.)
The TWA transcontinental route
is 75 miles shorter than one of the
others, 157 miles shorter than an·
other?
It takes 1,500 gallons of gasoline
to fly a giant TWA Skysleeper across
the continent?
Three former racing pilots are now
flying big Douglas transport planes
for TWA? (Bob Buck, Harold Neu­mann
and Roger Don Rae.)
Sounds interesting, doesn't it?
Why wouldn't it be a good idea
to ask John to write such a col­umn
for the Skyliner regularly?
How about it, John?
SOFT BALL NOTES
The TWA Sky Chiefs, playing
in the Class A league at the Pla­Mor
in Kansas City, finished
the season in fourth place with
a total of 4 wins and 6 defeats.
In the City Tournament, follow­ing,
they defeated the F. M.
Bates Team 5-3, only to lose their
second game to the Sewall Paint
team 0-2. That's tough going for
the boys, but, according to all
reports, Andy Beaton and his
team carried through the season
in fine style and next season may
result in a diferent story.
There's no report for the
month of August on the Union
Air Terminal Team, BU, but at
the last hearing ·the boys were
tied for first place in their league.
This team embraces all of the
airline operators and aircraft
manufacturers in Los Angeles
and vicinity and includes the fol­lowing
TWA members : Paul
Herbert, LA Trafic, Catcher ; J.
I. Greenwald, BU Operations,
lB and LF ; Stan Thompson, BU
Maintenance, CF ; and Robert
Norris, HO Trafic, 2B and RF.
While TWA has four members
on the team, American Airlines
has only two and United Air­lines
only one.
WAY BACK WHEN- ·􀁌􄰠
Looking over the old equip­ment
records, one finds some in­teresting
information, as :
Account 614-B-dating back
to August 1929, lists : 1 Bicycle
TWA No. 803. This vehicle was
probably used to forward passen­gers
to destination when flights
cancelled.
Under commissary equipment,
we find :
Yz case hard tack.
18 cans Corn Beef.
1,500 Quill Toothpicks.
24 cans Tomatoes, 2 Yz size.
It took he-man's food to ride
'em in those days.
Doing things by halves is
worthless, because it may be the
other half that counts.
-The Kodak Magazine.
THE SKYLINER
W H E N T H E B O E I N G S C O M E I N
((If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand ti mes-FOUR MOTORS AND ONE LOW WING !"
HERE AND THERE WARSHAW'S "A.- 0." 95􀀸􃠠
Jack Rose, First Oficer (KC) , . _ 􀇖􍙥e! 􀇗􍜁􀇘􍡳shaw, demon I. Q.
calling TWA. HA normal ap- hound, of KC Reservations,
proach and a very FINE landing claims the .system record rating
(which is rare) was made this on the recent - 􀁃􄌁􀇙􍥁A. Q." booklet
morning at Research Hospital in issued by the .a􀇚􍩶vertising depart­KC
by the daughter of Mr. and ment. His rating :was 95 1/3, ab­Mrs.
Jack Rose at 9 :35 a. m. The solutely without looking at the
sponsor, Mrs. Rose, is delighted answers, but he claims he should
for the arrival. Gross load 7 lbs. have been rated two points high-
10 oz." (This notice was posted er because of the trick wording
on a cigar box which made its of one of the questions. The ad­appearance
in the dispatch ofice vertising department, however,
August 4.) counters that anyone who con-
Eddie Meyer, Meteorologist sistently rates 95 to 98 on Judge's
(KC) , kept the forecast to him- HAre You Sure" I. Q. questions
self but it is reported that Mary should take a penalty.
Gretchen Meyer was born at 4:06 The popularity of the 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍁A.Q."
p. m. Friday, July 28, in Sheri- booklet has been widespread, re­dan,
Wyo. Weight, 6 lbs. 15 ozs. suiting in much commendation
While greatly outnumbered of it from passengers and per­and
battling under serious disad- sonnel alike. 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍓Stick" Randall,
vantages􀇛􍬠 R. E. Ennis, better New York Trafic Manager, re­known
as Killer Ennis, overcame ports passengers complaining
hundreds of vicious domestic when they fail to find the book­Kansas
City flies. With only one lets aboard their plane. While
fly swatter, he recently advanced the Pittsburgh Press of August
bravely into battle and hundreds 28, in its aviation column com­of
mangled and dismembered m,ents : 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍔The boys and girls
flies lay in the dust. around County Airport are find-
Captain Otis F. Bryan seems ing out just how much, or rather
to be a consistent shoot winner how l'ittle, they really know about
as two newspaper articles in as aviation . . . the 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍁A.Q." tests
many weeks tell of his marks- published recently by TWA is a
manship in downing other shoot- 􀁃􄍳sticker' as some of the experts
ers at Elliott's shooting park in will tell you . . . some technical
Kansas City-winning in class D questions, of course, but it's the
by scoring 49 of 50. little teasers that get you."
Helen Cunningham, secretary Here's a tip, use these ques-to
Rates, Reservations and Sched- tions at your next gathering of
ules Gallo (KC) , is listed as one friends for an aviation party
of the September brides in Kan- game by giving your guests blank
sas City, Kansas, becoming Mrs. sheets of paper for them to an­Robert
B. Wilson the evening of swer the questions on as you read
September 1. After her vacation- them. It's some fun.
honeymoon she returns to resume
her secretarial duties.
Another wedding at KC was
August 20. The bride was the
former Miss Elvena Duderstadt,
Payroll, KG-the groom, Mr.
John Antic. The wedding w􀇜􍱳s at
the Centropolis Baptist Church
and a reception followed at the
home of the newlyweds, 6201
E. 15th St. Ter. The honeymoon
to Los Angeles was marred only
by being bumped at Boulder City.
Hostesses Guests of
Dr. Marie Esmond
If you saw some of the hostess
personnel around Kansas City
Tuesday morning, August 9th,
and wondered about their 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍡al
in" appearance, cease wondering.
The cause was not overwork but
the varied activities they par­ticipated
in the evening before
at the wiener roast given for
them at the Lake Lotawana home
of Dr. Marie Esmond.
The ruination of Chief Host­ess
Jenkins was too much water­melon,
while Hostess Claire Foley
was the victim of ants in the
marshmallows. Hostess Cktther­ine
Johnson received a cut lip
as the result of a sudden decision
to drive through Unity Farm on
the way home. Others succumbed
to such activities as riding the
water bike, yachting in the moon­light
on the 􀁃􄌀􀁃􄍇Goon" piloted by
Skipper Marie and, bouncing
about in the water on tube of an
airplane tire or too much to eat.
The roster of guests also in­cluded
Western Region Chief
Hostess Entriken, and Hostesses
Canaday, Clark, Denton, Har­baugh,
Havely, Ice, Kirlin, Mc­Intyre
and Newton.
CAN YOU SING?
The recently formed TWA
Glee Club is going strong and
shows promise of being a source
of real pleasure to those who
enter it as well as a credit to
TWA. Those who started are
proving loyal in coming out to
practice, but there is room for
more. If you sing, see H'omer
Stoltzfus (Time Ofice) and let
him tell you what the Glee Club
plans and what it ofers you.
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